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How to pronounce conventionality in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms convention, conventionalism
Type of orthodoxy
Has types ossification, conformity
Derivation conventional
Type Words
Type of conformism, conformity
Derivation conventional
Type Words
Type of unoriginality
Derivation conventional

Examples of conventionality

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Blow away the dust on the rusty cogs and you will find little conventionality.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
The liberals are uncomfortable being on the side of bourgeois conventionality.
From the edition.cnn.com
Meaning is obscured by jargon, waffle, hype, verbiage, legalese and conventionality.
From the badlanguage.net
Their conventionality highlights what a daring leap Mr. Pearlstein was about to make.
From the nytimes.com
Oldham's countryish music, then, may be gradually approaching mature conventionality.
From the guardian.co.uk
They set the tone for the formality and conventionality of the affair.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Marvell is one of those camouflaged poets, lurking under a mantle of dry conventionality.
From the guardian.co.uk
Yet for all its conventionality, Adventureland is a likable entertainment neatly executed.
From the theatlantic.com
Indeed, that lack of conventionality was always the troupe's signature.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • Conformity with conventional thought and behavior
  • Unoriginality as a result of being too conventional
  • A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted standards, norms, social norms or criteria, often taking the form of a custom.